Deteriorate
1. Some scientists are dubious1 of the claim that organisms ________ with age as an inevitable2 outcome of living.
A) depress B) defaultC) deteriorateD) degrade
2. Connie was told that if she worked too hard, her health would _______.
A) deteriorateB) degradeC) descendD) decay
3. The medicine ____ his pain but did not cure his illness.
A) activated3 B) alleviatedC) mediatedD) deteriorated4
4. If nothing is done to protect the environment, millions of species that are alivetoday will have become ________ .
A) deterioratedB) degeneratedC) suppressedD) extinct
5. After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally ______.
A) deterioratedB) dispersedC) dissipatedD) drained
Intricate
1. The first sentence in this paragraph is ____; it can be interpreted in many ways.
A) intricateB) ambiguousC) duplicatedD) confused
2. The glass vessels5 should be handled most carefully since they are _______.
A) intricateB) fragileC) subtleD) crisp
3. Although the body is made up of many different tissues, these tissues are arranged in an _______ and orderly fashion.
A) incredibleB) intricateC) internalD) initial
4. His _______ directions confused us; we did not know which of the two roads to take.
A) ambiguousB) complicatedC) arbitraryD) intricate
Image
1. The traditional markets retain their ________ for the many Chinese who still prefer fresh food like live fish, ducks, chickens over packaged or frozen goods.
A) appealB) pledgeC) imageD) survival
2. The magician made us think he cut the girl into pieces but it was merely an _____.
A) illusionB) impressionC) imageD) illumination
3. To help students understand how we see, teachers often draw an ________ between an eye and a camera.
A)imageB)analogyC)imitationD)axis
Impose
1. It is believed that the feeding patterns parents ____ on their children can determine their adolescent and adult eating habits.
A) imposeB)evoke C) compelD)necessitate
2. The government ________ a heavy tax on tobacco, which aroused opposition6 from the tobacco industry.
A) pronouncedB) imposedC) compliedD) prescribed
3. It is believed that the authorities are thinking of ____ new taxes to raise extra revenue.
A) impairingB) imposingC) invadingD) integrating
Glitter
1. When she heard the bad news, her eyes ____ with tears as she struggled to control her emotions.?
A) sparkledB) twinkledC) radiated D) glittered
2. Her jewelry7 _______ under the spotlights8 and she became the dominant9 figure at the ball.
A) glaredB) glitteredC) blazedD) dazzled
Grope
1. He blew out the candle and _______ his way to the door.
A) convergedB) gropedC) stroveD) wrenched10
2. An obvious change of attitude at the TOP towards women's status in society will ______through the current law system in Japan.
A) permeateB) probeC) violateD) grope
